Jason and Alexander's Sixth Blog

 take a minute

blog/corrections

Week 19: Question/Song

ten year plans

HW: Think about your life in ten years.

We started off the day with a take a minute. Then Asal and Bennett read their blog, and after they did Asal picked me. When she did I asked Alex if he could do it with me, and he said yes. After that, we did our question and song for the week, and after we picked back up on our ten year plans and Ms. Nakada gave us a website that is helpful to plan out our futures. Then, the bell rang. 

It was so short because we had little time 

Bennett and Asal's Sixth Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 19 Grammar . Quote

Ten year plan

HW: Think about your life in ten years...

We wallked into class and sat in our assigned seats. As we were listening to the take a minute about kindness and criticism, I realized that I had to read Aiden's blog alone. He had chosen Bennett. Bennett choose me to help him with the blog. We started to talk about what will server you in high school and we also started to talk about organizationally and technology. Zack started talking about not using AI. Then, we wrote this week's quote by Maya Angelou. The quote was saying that people will never forget how you make them feel. We started talking about our ten year plan, and how we think we will be living in ten years. Then, we started talking about big costs like Housing, food and water, car bills, and other stuff. We packed up and left.

Asal and Aidan's Sixth Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog/Corrections

Reading/Writing Reflection

Week 18: Quiz

Ten-Year Planning

    We started the day by coming into the classroom and sitting down in our regular seats. Ms. Nakada put on the Take a Minute as we wrote the agenda in our binder reminders, she announced that she would be checking them today. Kate and Valentina read their blog and picked Asal, and I went up with her. After that, Ms. Nakada told us to get out our notebooks to write a quote we used in our oratories as our lines. While Aidan was writing in the blog I took time to write the two A.C.E quick writes she had given us. They were about what we learned as a reader and writer. Then, we took out our computers to take the quiz. I was on the last question when someone pointed out a mistake, and we all had to re-take the quiz. After I finished my quiz I started writing the blog, while Aidan was editing his oratory before his audition.  Aidan grabbed his oratory. Then, he read it to me. 

There are two minutes left, so we'll end the blog here.

 We choose Bennett.

Valentina and Kate's Sixth Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute 

Blog - Corrections

Week 18: Song 

Original Oratory Prep 

HW: Original Oratories due 5/21

We started off class by taking out our binder reminders and writing down our agendas. After that, Jackson and Zack read their blog and picked me when they were done. I stood up and asked Kate to come up with me. I waited for Ms. Nakada to log in to the blog as we discussed the song of the week which was "Forever Young" by Alphaville. It was about cherishing youth because it's fleeting. Then, I went ahead and volunteered for the Poetry SLAM team and to recite my Oratory in the culmination ceremony. 

Valentina and I recited our original oratories to make sure that they sounded good. We decided that we were gonna audition for the Culmination speech. She handed me the computer, and I started typing anything to fill my space for the blog. Ms. Nakada printed out my Original Oratory, and I stapled it to my original Oratory Guidelines. Valentina complained that her throat was sore, and I asked if it was because of the fire smoke, but she said that it was because she was sick. She said that she would cough on me, and I said that she already did worse. (she sneezed on me. she also just hit my back.) Ms. Nakada told her to pick up the markers that fell, and she picked up the book underneath it. It was called The Magnificent Markers: How to Test Friendship. She leaned in, looked at me, and kept asking if I wanted to read it. I already said yes, Valentina.

We packed up and then went to lunch. 

Jackson and Zack's Sixth Blog

Take a minute

Blog/Corrections

Week 18:Question

Original Oratory prep

Hw: Original Oratories

We started off with Katarina and Ryan reading their blog. Then they both picked me to the blog. Zack and I did it together. We started talking about GPA's and valedictorian. 

Everybody worked on their speeches, and it was chill. I started handing out papers to people. Now, we leave.

Katarina and Ryan's Sixth Blog

Agenda:

take a minute

blog/corrections 

Week 18 Grammar Quote Question

Original Oratory prep

We started our class by taking a minute and writing our agendas in our binder reminders. Then, we listened to Noely and Briella's blog. Then, they picked me to do the blog. After that, we took the test that we were supposed to take on Friday. Once everyone was finished with the quiz, we took out our notebooks and did our grammar and quote. The quote of the week was "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude" by Maya Angelou. The poet was saying you can't change how others act but you can't change how you can respond. After that, we then worked on our original oratory. Then, the bell rang, and we went to lunch.

Noely and Briella's Sixth Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog/corrections

Week 17: Song/Lines

Poetry Slam

Original Oratory Prep

HW: Start thinking about an Original Oratory!

We started off class by taking a minute. Lucas and Malakai then read their blog and picked us. After the blog, we listened to the song, "Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann. Then, we talked about what the song was about, the tone and our favorite lyric. Next, we did lines, which was from the play A Midsummer Nights Dream. Ms. Nakada went over some of the lines from the play and what they mean.  She read from her Shakespeare book and Lucas was Lysander, while Demitrius was Demitrius. Then, Ms. Nakada told people to get into their groups so they could work on their poems for the poetry slam. We moved back to our regular seats, and then George and Kaiden read their poems. Ms. Nakada talked about the guidelines for the Original Oratory every eighth grader has to write, and ways you can become a speaker or singer at graduation. Then, the bell rang and we packed up. 

Lucas and Malakai's Sixth Blog

 AGENDA:

Take-a-Minute.

Blog Corrections.

Week 17: Question.

Poetry Slam

HW: Start thinking about an original oratory!

    We started off the day with Lena and Lea reading their blog, and everyone thought it was funny, for some reason. They picked me up for the blog, and Malakai did it with me. We did the question of the week, it was about language and how it evolves over time. After that, we all started practicing for our poetry slam. My group was Lucas, Johnny, Alex, and me. Our poem is "Fog" by Carl Sandburg. We then moved on to the Poetry Slam and Aiden and Jason went first, then Stuart and Bennett, then Malakai, Johnny, Alex, and me, then Lena and Lea, then Joseph and Solomon, then Ryan, Katarina, and Zoe. Then, it was Briella and Noely, and finally, Valentina and Kate. After this we packed up and went to lunch. That's it for today.

Lea♡ and Lena's♡ Fifth Blog₊˚⊹♡

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 17: Grammar Quote

Poetry Slam Prep

Hw Poetry slam Tuesday 5.12!

    This is my fifth (technically eighth)blog. We started off class by sitting in our seats, and writing down the agenda. Ms. Nakada played the take a minute video. Nylah and Katerina then read their blog. Ms. Nakada asked who hasn't gone yet, and made us all stand up. I was really scared, because I knew I was the only one left. Ms. Nakada picked me, and I asked Lena to come up with me.

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    Ms. Nakada took my phone, and we did the grammar, and quote of the week. We learned about what Ms. Nakada learned in Shakespeare as a child. We discussed the quote of the week. The quote was from"A Midsummer Dream"- William Shakespeare. We then worked in our poetry slam groups.

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    Lena and I worked on our response poem. Isabella D. came to visit me, and waved hello.We are writing a response poem to Emily Dickinson. The class was locked in.  We finished our response poem. Lena then got excited for my Quince which is next year (I'm scared). Dario visited us on his adventurous walk, and greeted us. The time for dismissal came, so we packed up. The bell rang, and we waited quietly in our seats for Ms. Nakada to dismiss us.

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Katarina and Nylah's Fifth Blog

 Agenda 

take a min 

blog-corrections

Week 16 Quiz

Poetry Gallery Walk

    We started off class by watching the take a minute video and then reading Zoe and Ryan's blog. They then picked me to do the next blog so I asked Nylah to do it with me and she said yes. Then we took out our English notebooks and got ready for the quiz. Once we got done with the quiz people were just finishing their poetry collections. We did that for the rest of class. Till we had to do our gallery walks and I was printing and typing the rest of my poetry collection I don't want ANYONE reading mine. Then the bell rang and we went to lunch.

Zoe and Ryan's Fifth Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog/corrections

Week 16: Song/lines

HW: NaPo WriMo Submissions due May 8th

After Aiden read his blog, he decided to pick Ryan and I to do the next blog. After that, we did or Week 16 Song called "Keep Ya Head Up" by Tupac Shakur which was about guiding women and moms. And also questioning men on why they treat women the way they do. We then started talking about mothers day and how we should be kind to the kids and women in our life because you never know what they are going through. We then start doing our lines and we read the poem "Learning to Love America" by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Which was about how it's hard to love a country. And then, for some reason we started talking about how we eat artichokes and how good they are. When talking about the lines, Demetrius walked past Ryan and I. Demetrius then said, "Look at RyRy and Zozo." Ryan then fist bumped Demitrious and I thought they were so cool. I then flexed my money at Jackson. After that, we talked about what the Poem was about. We then started to work on our NaPoWriMo submissions. That's it for today!

Aidan's Fifth Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog / Corrections

Week 16: Question

NaPoWriMo Submissions

Hw 

NaPoWriMo submissions due may 8th

Poetry Slam May 12th

We walked into class after period 3 left, and sat in our seats. As we started writing our agendas, Ms. Nakada put on the Take a Minute, which was comparing challenges to waves (I think.). After taking a minute, Lena read her blog and picked me because someone told her to. Once I walked up, Ms. Nakada told us the question, and we wrote down our personal answers before discussing. We started talking about our answers, and Ms. Nakada made a comparison between Her and Mr. Hastings, and how their moral compasses are different. After we Discussed, we started our NaPoWriMo submissions, and people started working. I finished my Poetry Collection last week, so I'm just doing my broadside now, and my poetry performance I guess. It's a short day today, so I'm ending the blog here, and the bell is about to ring. 

I choose Kate, or whoever the class picks to go that hasn't gone yet.

Lena's Fifth Blog

 Lena's Fifth Blog

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog - corrections

Week 16: grammar - quote

NaPoWriMo Submissions

Ms. Nakada began class with a take a minute, and then we skipped Blog reading and wrote in our note books. We wrote down two grammar words. The words were "poetry", and "revisions". 

After that, Ms. Nakada gave us the quote of the week. This quote was written by Fred Korematsu. She told us about how Fred got arrested, and more of his story. She explained how he wrote this poem about his life story. She states that he is a Japanese American activist. This quote means that you should stand up for what you know is right, even if others don't believe the same thing.

Ms. Nakada showed us how to do our Broadside poem. Then, she gave us quiet time for us to work on the project. I finished the project, and I think I did pretty well. After we did that, she told us to begin packing up and cleaning up. That was the end of class today.

Solomon and Joseph's Fifth Blog

  AGENDA

Take a minute

blog corrections

testing strategies

NaPoWriMo: Day 29

NaPoWriMo submissions

HW Read and write a poem a day@

We started off the day by Stuart and Bennet reading their blog, and Ms. Nakada kept telling Bennet to stop hitting Stuart. We then jumped into catching up on our poems. Then, moving on to the paper, we worked on the day before about "There Are Birds Here" by Jamal May. Next, we worked on "Hope" by Emily Dickinson. Then, Solomon told Ms. Nakada he was going to cry. After that, we started a plan to write an essay about if we should or shouldn't keep poetry in school. Finally, we stapled our papers together 👽